A romantic of the ferocious Rafael Nadal forehand, Rutvick Mehta loves his tennis but has been covering various other sport since 2012. He writes for HT.
Articles by Rutvick Mehta
Vinesh’s CAS appeal to be heard on Friday
The appeal was filed late on Wednesday evening to overturn Vinesh’s disqualification for being 100 grams overweight
Updated on Aug 09, 2024 12:09 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
‘Kids should feel I want to become a keeper like Sreejesh’
Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh bid farewell at Paris Olympics with a bronze. Teammates honored his 24-year career with a bow and a win for their "thankless servant."
Updated on Aug 08, 2024 09:53 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Mirabai Chanu lifts 199kg, misses bronze by a whisker
The 29-year-old Indian backed up her Tokyo Games silver medal with a fourth-place finish in Paris in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event
Updated on Aug 08, 2024 07:21 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Champion, without medal
Vinesh Phogat's Olympic journey ends in despair as she gets disqualified for being overweight by 100 grams in the women's 50kg wrestling final in Paris.
Updated on Aug 08, 2024 06:38 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta, Paris
Coaches at Olympics feel double weigh-in rule unfair
While the world wrestling body justifies the second day’s weight check, coach says it is extremely harsh on women
Updated on Aug 08, 2024 05:08 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
100 grams: The unbearable weight of Vinesh Phogat’s despair
If Vinesh had stepped onto the mat, she would have won a medal but she was in a race against time to bring her weight down below 50kg ahead of the final
Updated on Aug 08, 2024 05:29 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Cuban Yusneylis Lopez to contest for gold after Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification
The repechage round between Japanese Yui Susako and Ukrainian Oksana Livach will become the bronze medal match.
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 03:09 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta
One meal, no water, skipping: How Vinesh Phogat tried to lose weight
After competing in three bouts and taking on plenty of fluids on Tuesday, Vinesh Phogat had put on a couple of kilos before she began the effort to lose it
Published on Aug 07, 2024 02:11 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Paris Olympics: Vinesh Phogat disqualified; may appeal decision
Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman wrestler to enter Olympic finals, beating Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez 5-0
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 01:32 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Incredible Vinesh stuns favourite, guns for gold
Vinesh Phogat, a fighter against all odds, stunned wrestling powerhouse Yui Susaki in Paris Olympics, challenging stereotypes and inspiring many.
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 06:22 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta, Paris
‘Miracles do happen, but only few can make it happen’
Vinesh’s opening gambit, and the subsequent romp into the final has injected the wrestling contingent with some much-needed zest.
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 06:27 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Paris 2024: How Vinesh scripted one of the great Olympic upsets
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat pulls off an audacious upset at the Paris Olympics by defeating unbeaten Japanese opponent Yui Susaki.
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 12:23 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
4th place finishes cost India five medals
Three Indian Paris Olympians faced the dreaded fourth-place finish, missing out on medals in badminton and shooting, adding to India's Olympic heartbreaks.
Updated on Aug 06, 2024 07:26 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta, Paris
Paris 2024: With bronze in sight, Lakshya caves in to the pressure
Lakshya Sen loses bronze medal match in badminton at Tokyo Olympics, showing frustration and sadness after caving in spectacularly against Lee Zii Jia.
Updated on Aug 06, 2024 07:24 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
India confident of pushing past Germany
The Tokyo Games bronze winners bid for a better medal by beating the World Cup winners in the hockey semi-finals
Published on Aug 05, 2024 10:04 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta, Paris
Neeraj, affable global champ, seeks a repeat
Since winning the Tokyo Olympics javelin gold, he has emerged a great ambassador for world athletics too
Updated on Aug 06, 2024 04:39 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Paris 2024: Lovlina’s loss ends India’s disappointing campaign
The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist lost to China’s Li Qian, the top seed in the 75kg category, in a split 4-1 verdict on Sunday.
Updated on Aug 05, 2024 05:18 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
India vs Great Britain: Team work made the dream work
When put under the pump, India broke their shackles, rewrote the set structures and scripted one of Indian hockey’s most famous victories.
Published on Aug 04, 2024 10:35 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Paris 2024: Lakshya fails to seize the moment against Axelsen
The young Indian star had opportunities in both games during the semi-final but failed to make them count
Updated on Aug 05, 2024 01:42 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Fourth not a good place, says double winner Manu
Manu Bhaker, India’s face of certainty and consistency over the first week of the Paris Olympics, is not quite sure about one thing
Updated on Aug 04, 2024 06:32 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta, Chateauroux
Paris 2024: The routines that made Manu’s wonder week work
Having signed off after a stellar Olympics and two bronze medals, the younger shooter can ease off her schedule a bit
Updated on Aug 04, 2024 06:26 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
In fourth-place finish, Manu finds drive to survive
Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker missed a podium finish in the 25m air pistol event, but the fourth place has motivated her to improve and reset
Updated on Aug 04, 2024 05:26 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Alexis and Felix, and the French table tennis sibling story
The Lebrun brothers took to ‘ping pong’ as kids. Now, the younger Felix, 17, is a win away from bronze in the home Olympics
Updated on Aug 03, 2024 07:48 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Paris 2024: With bronze at stake, archers go off-target
A fourth-place finish in the mixed event that was, as so often has been the case with Indian archery, another miss
Updated on Aug 03, 2024 07:04 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Demons banished, India get ready for the knockouts
Noteworthy is the manner in which Harmanpreet and Co turned up and played, and the stage at which they chose to do so
Updated on Aug 03, 2024 06:32 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Manu Bhaker enters 25m pistol final, lines up medal No.3
The 22-year-old was brilliant in the precision and rapid sections, finishing second in qualification
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 10:49 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Paris 2024: PV Sindhu’s, Satwik-Chirag’s badminton dreams dashed
Lakshya Sen was left as India’s only badminton medal hope, after the double Olympic medallist’s loss to He Bing Jiao lost in the last 16
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 12:11 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
‘I’m really sorry I couldn’t bring a medal home’
Nikhat Zareen, the big Indian hope, lost to the top seed of China’s Wu Yu by a unanimous points decision
Published on Aug 01, 2024 10:38 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Kusale’s end-game polish carries him to 50m 3P bronze
After slipping to fourth in two major finals, the 28-year-old holds his nerve to seal India’s third medal at Paris 2024
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 03:06 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta
Paris Olympics 2024: Lakshya, Lovlina advance in good day for India
Olympic debutants Lakshya Sen and Swapnil Kusale shine in Paris. Lakshya advances after beating world No. 4, while Kusale sets new record in shooting.
Updated on Aug 01, 2024 06:30 AM IST
Rutvick Mehta, Paris